Firefox dev team returns from Redmond...alive

You might recall that back in August, Microsoft's open-source development lab extended a public invitation to Mozilla's Firefox development team. Stop Firefox, it's a trap! Or not. It turns out that Mozilla's journey to the dark side was informative and instilled confidence in the team that future versions of Firefox would be able to take full-advantage of Vista's advanced capabilities. Microsoft's open-source lab even offered to contribute code to the Firefox project (open-source fanboys everywhere are staring at their screens in disbelief right now). While the team did encounter a few potential challenges, they emerged confident that with a little help from Microsoft, Vista compatibility was well within their reach.

For the full account on Mozilla getting cozy with Microsoft:
- check out the blog of Mozilla's Vladimir Vukićević
- or read Ars Technica's write-up